The Government and FOIA applicant Jeremy Enriquez have arrived at a mutually workable timeline for the release of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) records, following the Cabinet Secretary’s written confirmation that the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) will grant access and adopt the extended deadline proposed by the requester. The agreement marks a shift from last week’s procedural standoff, which centred on whether administrative constraints could delay the statutory r

The Inter-national Court of Justice (ICJ) has finished three days of hearings on Guatemala’s bid to intervene in the sovereignty case between Belize and Honduras over the Sapodilla Cayes, a move that could reshape the Court’s handling of two parallel territorial disputes in the region. The hearings were held at the Peace Palace in The Hague from November 24 to 26. Guatemala asked the Court for permission to participate as a non-party, arguing that its long-standing claim agai

The public rarely sees the Belizeans who carry the country’s most complex responsibilities. This past week’s hearings at the International Court of Justice offered a reminder that some of the nation’s most consequential work is done far from cameras, headlines, or political rallies. Figures such as Ambassador H.E. Assad Shoman and the small team supporting Belize’s ICJ cases operate in deliberate quiet—advancing national interests through research, preparation, legal coordina